Research Methods

Question 1

Possible Risks in research

Answer 1

• Economic
• Social
• Emotional / Psychological
• Physical

Question 2

Australian Guideline values

Answer 2

• Research Merit & Integrity - must be well-designed and conducted by competent (trained professional) people.
• Justice - participants fairly recruited and not exploited, fair access to benefits of research.
• Beneficence - the benefits of research justify the risks taken.
• Respect - for culture, gender, and belief of participant/s.

Question 3

Considerations

Answer 3

• Confidentially - Info and data collected must be kept confidential. Securely stored, and results cannot identify individual participants.
• Informal Consent - Participants informed about all aspects of the research. Consent given in written form.
• Voluntary Participation - Can’t be coerced into participating. Can’t use inducements to participate, must be of their own choice.
• Right to withdraw - Participants can ask any time to withdraw from study and have any information removed from the study.

Question 4

Deception, what is it and why is it a problem?

Answer 4

Deception typically revolves around giving participants info that could change the way they involve themselves in the research.
Why is that a problem? - Because if participants change the way they are involved or participate in the research then the result may end up being invalid.

Question 5

Steps in Identify Research

Answer 5

• Identify topic to study
• Literature Review - what research has already been completed before?
• Reasons for study

Question 6

Types of research methods and construct

Answer 6

• Qualitative - observations, interview, case studies
• Quantitative - numerical data sets from surveys
• Mixed-Method - uses both above

Question 7

Convenience Sample

Answer 7

It’s a sample of people that is easy to access.

• Needs to be representative of the population
• the findings aren’t always representative of the characteristics of the wider population and can only be expressed as representing the population the same ple was taken from.

Question 8

Random Sample

Answer 8

Participants are chosen in a random way

• Everyone within a population has an equal chance of being chosen.
• Typically less biased + results can be applied to the wider population.

Question 9

Stratified Random Sample

Answer 9

• Similar to random sample
  BUT
• it uses sub-groups (strata) who are represented in the sample of the same proportion they are found in the overall population.

Question 10

Reliability can be achieved in what two ways?

Answer 10

• Internal Consistency

- Test/Retest Reliability

Question 11

Test/Retest Reliability

Answer 11

A process where a participant takes a test at one particular time and then takes the test at a later date.
- This process links to correlation of factors & are given as a coefficient score